Our Commercial Horticulture

Great Northern Rural Services is known as the horticulture specialists in the greater Midwest region of WA. We have extensive experience in protected cropping in soil, as well through hydroponically systems. In fact we have our own hydroponic trial and demonstration facility in our facility

Design

There will be more information coming soon!

Hydroponics

Great Northern Rural Services supplies
and services the Greater Midwest region all its Hydroponic needs. We cater to
all size growers from the Backyard to commercial growers. With two dedicated
Horticulturalists servicing the local and Midwest Cucumber growers you be sure
of the best advice on:

·
Technical
information

·
Equipment

·
Technical
support

·
System
design

·
Nutrient
& Water analysis

GNRS is can help develop your new Hydroponic venture from concept to
completion

Things to consider before starting a
Hydroponic enterprise:

Market
research

By
researching the local and statewide markets you are more informed to make an
educated choice on crop type by factors such as price, cost of growing and
demand.

Crop
type

Crop
choice has many factors but some main points to consider are existing
competition in supply chain.

Is
there room for future growth and expansion in the market and on farm.

Distance
from local market as freight is a considerable expense which needs to be
considered.

Water
availability from Scheme, Bore and Dam.

Utilising
local specialist like GNRS and speaking with our experienced staff to devise a
plan for your next venture

Type
of Hydroponic system

Water supply-Quantity/Quality

Benefits of a Hydroponic system:

·
Higher
yielding crops

·
Weed
problems are eliminated

·
Less
machinery is required than growing direct into soil

·
Environmental
conditions can be controlled

·
Cheaper
land can be used

·
Faster
crop turn around

·
Water
usage can be less

·
Crops
are able to be lifted from ground level creating a better work environment

GNRS are committed to creating and
exploring new and alternative methods of using Hydroponics. We have invested a
considerable amount of time and money in a working hothouse on site. By
developing and utilizing the latest technology for constant Ec/Ph monitoring
and dosing a new generation of Fertigation through Hydroponics will be
achieved.

Pictures of new Capsicum and
Tomato crops late 2015:

Controllers

With controllers for Horticulture the machine needs to be
versatile, easy to understand, easy to operate and have many different
operations available. With many different
controllers around we at GNRS have chosen the Netafim NMC Pro unit, as it meets
all requirements and is back up by a strong service team in W.A.